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I just acquired a Fender Silver Face tank - it's called a "Tube
Reverb". It sounded pretty crappy so I connected the spring unit
from
a Pro Reverb and it sounded awesome. I took it apart and found that
one of the three pieces of foam had come adrift and was probably over
dampening the springs. Do all the Fender tanks have this foam?
Anyone
tried to see what it sounds like with no foam or less foam? Can
you "tune" a tank with different foam thickness or placement? My gut
feel is that less damping will give more drip.
Any creative ideas on the best way to re-attach it? I'm thinking
contact cement or two sided tape....
Thanks for the input
Boulder Bob
The Beloved Invaders
Bob,
Hope this is what you are talking about...
I thought the foam was just there so when you pushed the tank
lock "in," the springs would press up against that foam and cause
them not to shake around when you were carrying it. I re-did my '64
and found most of the foam had rotted away, so I replaced it.
Putting too much in, so even when I had the tank unlocked the foam
was still pressing against the springs. So I basically cut back the
foam until I got it right.
Bill
www.reluctantaquanauts
--- In , "Bob Cannistraro"
<cannistraro@e...> wrote:
> I just acquired a Fender Silver Face tank - it's called a "Tube
> Reverb". It sounded pretty crappy so I connected the spring unit
> from
> a Pro Reverb and it sounded awesome. I took it apart and found
that
> one of the three pieces of foam had come adrift and was probably
over
> dampening the springs. Do all the Fender tanks have this foam?
> Anyone
> tried to see what it sounds like with no foam or less foam? Can
> you "tune" a tank with different foam thickness or placement? My
gut
> feel is that less damping will give more drip.
>
> Any creative ideas on the best way to re-attach it? I'm thinking
> contact cement or two sided tape....
>
> Thanks for the input
>
> Boulder Bob
> The Beloved Invaders
I opened my re-issue tank a few years ago and found that the foam had come off
the grill-
cloth baffle and was laying against the springs even in the unlocked position.
I think I
super-glued it back in place. Oughta check it again soon.
Joe
--- In , "supertwangreverb" <supertwangreverb@y...>
wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Hope this is what you are talking about...
> I thought the foam was just there so when you pushed the tank
> lock "in," the springs would press up against that foam and cause
> them not to shake around when you were carrying it. I re-did my '64
> and found most of the foam had rotted away, so I replaced it.
> Putting too much in, so even when I had the tank unlocked the foam
> was still pressing against the springs. So I basically cut back the
> foam until I got it right.
>
> Bill
> www.reluctantaquanauts
>
> --- In , "Bob Cannistraro"
> <cannistraro@e...> wrote:
> > I just acquired a Fender Silver Face tank - it's called a "Tube
> > Reverb". It sounded pretty crappy so I connected the spring unit
> > from
> > a Pro Reverb and it sounded awesome. I took it apart and found
> that
> > one of the three pieces of foam had come adrift and was probably
> over
> > dampening the springs. Do all the Fender tanks have this foam?
> > Anyone
> > tried to see what it sounds like with no foam or less foam? Can
> > you "tune" a tank with different foam thickness or placement? My
> gut
> > feel is that less damping will give more drip.
> >
> > Any creative ideas on the best way to re-attach it? I'm thinking
> > contact cement or two sided tape....
> >
> > Thanks for the input
> >
> > Boulder Bob
> > The Beloved Invaders
I'm not too sure how much "tuning" you can do with the
foam glued to the front baffle, but you can change the
sound of a tank by adding or subtracting damping
material from on the outside of the spring tank
itself... I use 1/4" thick cork. This affects the
amount of mechanical "ring" that's picked up by the
springs. Also changing the springs that allow the
tank to float with really heavy rubber bands makes a
difference as does just screwing it directly to the
front panel or bottom of the cabinet....It's just a
matter of taste.....I'm always fooling around with
something......eddie k
--- "Joe K." <> wrote:
> I opened my re-issue tank a few years ago and found
> that the foam had come off the grill-
> cloth baffle and was laying against the springs even
> in the unlocked position. I think I
> super-glued it back in place. Oughta check it
> again soon.
>
> Joe
>
> --- In ,
> "supertwangreverb" <supertwangreverb@y...>
> wrote:
> > Bob,
> >
> > Hope this is what you are talking about...
> > I thought the foam was just there so when you
> pushed the tank
> > lock "in," the springs would press up against that
> foam and cause
> > them not to shake around when you were carrying
> it. I re-did my '64
> > and found most of the foam had rotted away, so I
> replaced it.
> > Putting too much in, so even when I had the tank
> unlocked the foam
> > was still pressing against the springs. So I
> basically cut back the
> > foam until I got it right.
> >
> > Bill
> > www.reluctantaquanauts
> >
> > --- In , "Bob
> Cannistraro"
> > <cannistraro@e...> wrote:
> > > I just acquired a Fender Silver Face tank - it's
> called a "Tube
> > > Reverb". It sounded pretty crappy so I
> connected the spring unit
> > > from
> > > a Pro Reverb and it sounded awesome. I took it
> apart and found
> > that
> > > one of the three pieces of foam had come adrift
> and was probably
> > over
> > > dampening the springs. Do all the Fender tanks
> have this foam?
> > > Anyone
> > > tried to see what it sounds like with no foam or
> less foam? Can
> > > you "tune" a tank with different foam thickness
> or placement? My
> > gut
> > > feel is that less damping will give more drip.
> > >
> > > Any creative ideas on the best way to re-attach
> it? I'm thinking
> > > contact cement or two sided tape....
> > >
> > > Thanks for the input
> > >
> > > Boulder Bob
> > > The Beloved Invaders
>
>
>
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I'm thinking along the same lines as Bill, in that the foam serves to
dampen/protect the springs during transit (is that correct?). When I built
my own tank, I used some 1" foam that I attached to the back of the baffle
with some of the adhesive Velcro tape - I stuck the male portion on the
foam, and the female stuff on the baffle (or vice versa, I forget). That
way, I could take it off easily if needed. The sticky adhesive stuck to
both the foam and the baffle pretty well. Kind of like two sided tape for
people who can't make up their minds . . .
-Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cannistraro" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Reverb Tank Spring damping
>I just acquired a Fender Silver Face tank - it's called a "Tube
> Reverb". It sounded pretty crappy so I connected the spring unit
> from
> a Pro Reverb and it sounded awesome. I took it apart and found that
> one of the three pieces of foam had come adrift and was probably over
> dampening the springs. Do all the Fender tanks have this foam?
> Anyone
> tried to see what it sounds like with no foam or less foam? Can
> you "tune" a tank with different foam thickness or placement? My gut
> feel is that less damping will give more drip.
>
> Any creative ideas on the best way to re-attach it? I'm thinking
> contact cement or two sided tape....
>
> Thanks for the input
>
> Boulder Bob
> The Beloved Invaders
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